All writing for this course must abide by the style conventions of the Chicago Manual of Style. I will only accept papers that use footnotes and a bibliography, i.e., no endnotes or parenthetical text citations.

Internet Medieval Sourcebook (at Fordham University)This is a massive database of primary sources on the Middle Ages divided by category (Crusades, Carolingians, Social History, Empire & Papacy, and so on). The sections on Economic Life, Intellectual Life, Social History, and Exploration contain several texts and sources related to medieval science and technology.The Electronic GrossetesteRobert Grosseteste (c. 1175-1253), an English philosopher, theologian, and statesman, authored a manual on pastoral care that provides key information about the use of agricultural technology.